MCU21/0110 - Application For Material Change Of Use - Bar, Food, And Drink Outlet, Outdoor Sport And Recreation, Resort Complex At 61 Noosa Springs Drive, Noosa Heads · Attachment 2 - MCU21 0110 - Manager Development Assessment Report

                                Figure 15: Extent of biodiversity overlay

The submitted Terrestrial Ecology Assessment (TEA) identified that the state mapped REs are
consistent with what is actually located within the area. The TEA further detailed that both indirect
and direct impacts are likely to occur as a result of the development. Indirect being edge effects
such as weed invasion and fragmentation and direct being the loss of trees and fauna habitat. It
is identified that vegetation and individual trees generally along the northern and eastern
boundary will be retained.
The site is not mapped as a Koala Priority Area but a small area in the north is mapped as Koala
Habitat (Core) extending from the bushland north of the road. The previous version of plans
submitted for assessment resulted in the removal of 19 Non-Juvenile Koala Habitat Trees (NJKHT)
in an ‘isolated pocket’ to the north and close to Resort Drive. The plans were subsequently
amended to re-locate the tennis courts which has allowed for the retention of these trees.
The following image details the location of the NJKHT which were proposed to be removed.